On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 14:05 -0700, James Carroll wrote: > This is part of the larger issue with debian "fixing" things > themselves instead of working with the package to fix things so > everything is the same across distros.
Life would be _so_ much easier for me if every distro put every file in the same spot. As an administrator or developer I can handle the quirks, but as an author of training materials these little difference can be a royal PITA. That said, while I don't prefer the Debian approach, I think every distro should be free to explore alternative approaches. Last I heard, Debian was still FHS and LSB compliant. And even if it isn't, if someone wants to abandon tradistion and standards like the FHS and LSB, let them. One of the wonderful things about the diversity of distros approaches is that everyone else can adopt it with reduced risk _after_ the disruptive experiment has already been concluded. (In other words, unlike Windows, no distro will ever be able to force something like UAC on the world.) -- "XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't using enough of it." - Chris Maden -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
